Are you teaching online? How are your online discussions going? Would you like your students to be more engaged and even take ownership of these discussions? We have resources for you. Online discussions are challenging. They were challenging even before the abrupt...
Why do we need deliberative pedagogy? The short answer is that we can’t solve complex social problems if we can’t get together and talk about them. It seems simple, right? But in our current era of political polarization and retreat into comfortable, familiar...
During the fall of 2019, the Interactivity Foundation partnered with Philadelphia-based muralist, Michelle Angela Ortiz, to create a “living art installation” about family detention and separation in Pennsylvania. “Nunca Dejemos de Luchar” was created through...
This summer the Interactivity Foundation partnered with the High Rocks Academy in West Virginia to offer a pilot program in Collaborative Discussion. Instructors Tristan Nutter and Thea Rossman worked with the Interactivity Foundation to create a new summer camp...
Community-based learning is education that takes place off college campus. With community partners as co-educators, students and faculty collaborate on shared learning, co-construction of knowledge, and civic action projects. This year, the Interactivity Foundation...
Don’t know what to discuss at Thanksgiving dinner? Terrified of talking about current events? Breathe easy. We’ve got you covered. Invite your family to discuss Agri-Culture & The Future of Farming. This is our newest exploratory discussion guide that examines...
By: Marc Erlbaum, founder of the Common Party Originally posted on Medium and re-posted here with the author's permission. In the wake of the Parkland shooting, millions of people around the country are both anxious, and anxious to react. The frequency of mass...
IF fellow, Shannon Wheatley Hartman, is visiting this year at Haverford College as a fellow-in-residence at the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship. She is working with the center on the development of campus and community discussions with a particular focus on...
By Timothy Ruback, Ph.D. I teach Political Science, I started teaching in spring of 2002, and lasted more than a decade in higher education without ever having taught an internet course. More than that, being of a certain age, I never took an online course when I...
Now available for free download are the Guidebooks for Student-Facilitated Discussion in Online Courses (Student and Teacher Editions). These guidebooks offer a practical guide for students and instructors in online courses. They offer a step-by-step guide to our...